After a full night of pitched battles between pro and anti Mubarak demonstrators, the Egyptian Prime Minister is going on TV and assures the press corps that such violence will not be repeated in the future even though while he is speaking the violence continues unabated.
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The Israelis taut them well. I'm sure they are proud of their model students.
http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MB04Ak02.html
Sami Moubayed expressed things quite eloquently today:
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The West betted on Mubarak because of two things:
1. He was able to strike with an iron fist at Egyptian Islamists and keep them at bay, especially after 9/11.
2. He was able to use his massive security apparatus to maintain and protect the Camp David Accords of 1978.
Today, Mubarak can no longer deliver on "any of the above" and simply, has to make way for somebody who can.
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That's the curent game, in a nutshell.
Peace
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